Spartan Communications

Spartan Communications, Inc. was a company based in Spartanburg, South Carolina, that owned WSPA-TV as the city's flagship station from 1956 to 2000 when Spartan merged with Media General of Richmond, VA. In 1984, Spartan bought WBTW and KIMT-TV from the Shotts family.

History

In March 2000, WSPA-TV and eleven other stations were sold to Media General for US$605 million.[1]

Former stations

  • Stations are arranged in alphabetical order by state and city of license.
  • Two boldface asterisks appearing following a station's call letters (**) indicate a station built and signed on by Spartan Communications.

References

  1. Jeff Bennett. WSPA-TV sold on day it brings HDTV to Upstate The Greenville News, March 28, 2000, retrieved February 5, 2024^